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Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko






Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko

Journeying from Russia to Paris, the Alps, and New York City, Anton comes in peace but he is prepared for war. After both Light and Darkness select their emissaries, Anton must enlist the unwilling aid of the four other Great Parties: the Vampires, the Witches, the Form-Takers, and the enigmatic Foundation. And the Prophets have all reached the same chilling conclusion: The world will end in five days time.To ward off the apocalypse, an ancient council called the Sixth Watch must be assembled. His daughter's school is ambushed by a bizarre chimera. A reincarnated vampire has been terrorizing Moscow. A Light magician and high-ranking member of the Night Watch, Anton Gorodetsky fears nothing. Now, however, both sides must unite against the ultimate enemy. Divided into the Light and the Dark, these rival factions have spent a millennium under a reluctant truce. They're the Others, a supernatural race of magicians, shape-shifters, vampires, and healers. In light of this research, Lukyanenko’s work can be viewed as a sort of “modern folklore,” as it contains all of the elements essential to of Slavic fairytales and myths while incorporating contemporary themes and setting.The final chapter in Sergei Lukyanenko's internationally bestselling Night Watch series - a revelatory urban fantasy set in contemporary Moscow. The numerous identified parallels indicate that Slavic folklore, myth, and culture clearly influenced the modern novel. Story format focuses on the overall story line and overview of content, the second section examines overlapping magical ideas and similarities between supernatural creatures, such as magicians, vampires, and devils, and a third part addresses other minor, but important cultural elements found in both older Slavic societies and Night Watch. Magical elements, and cultural influence. These resources helped identify three major areas of impact: story format, Ralston and Cherry Gilchrist, help identify subcategories shared by the novel and Slavic folklore as a whole. Afanas’ev, and works that focus on Slavic culture by W. Each major element of the novel can be compared to those found in folklore, and existing scholarly resources, such as the stories, fairytales, and myths collected by A. Arguably the most significant impact of the book lies in its creation of a new genre presenting a modern setting through the lens of one of the oldest and most culturally unique components of Slavic culture - folklore. Novel in the Post-Soviet era brings it to the forefront of the genre of modern Russian fantasy, and it will surely influence future generations of Russian literature. The Others are beings of supernatural power, born human but. Languages, including French, German and English. Set in Moscow, Night Watch is about the two sides waging the ancient battle of good vs. Movie franchise, a video game based on the novel, and translations in various Of his most popular Russian fantasy novels, Night Watch, which later resulted in a In 1998, Russian author Sergei Lukyanenko published what would become one








Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko